SUKHWINDER JAKHU vs STATE OF PUNJAB & ANOTHER

250 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-19610-2026 Date of Decision: 26.05.2026 SUKHWINDER JAKHU ... Petitioner(s) Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. J.S. Ghumman, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. Athar Ahmed, DAG, Punjab. Mr. D.S. Sobti, Advocate with Ms. Harshpreet Kaur, Advocate for respondent No.2. **** JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J. (Oral) The prayer in the present petition under Section 528 BNSS is for quashing of the impugned order dated 27.11.2025 (Annexure P-5) whereby the petitioner was declared as a proclaimed person in FIR No. 05 dated 06.02.2019 u/s 406 IPC registered at PS NRI, District Kapurthala. On 16.04.2026, the following order was passed:- “The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that during the pendency of the present petition, the petitioner had filed a petition for quashing of the FIR No.5 dated 06.02.2019 (Annexure P-1) under Section 406 IPC (Section 316 BNS) registered at Police Station NRI, District Kapurthala. On account of the non-appearance of the counsel, the said petition was dismissed in default and subsequent thereto, the petitioner was declared a pr